Can-body assorter and piler



A. J. KAUFMANN cm BODY 1xssonwm AND PILER File d Feb. 10. 1923 4 Sheets-Skxeet 1 Inventar fl .rf Kaufmann 31 %WM W Jan. 25, 1927.

A. J. KAUFMANN I GAN BODY ASSOR'IER ANDPILER Filed Feb. 10. 1923 4 Sheets -Sheet 2 Jan. 25, 1927.

1,615,7 63 A. J. KAUFMANN v CAN BODY ASSORTER AND PILER I Filed Feb. 10. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet :s

Inventar AZ.1:I Kau fmann Jan. 25, 1927.

1,615,763 A. J. KAUFMANN v CAN BODY ASSORTER AND PILER Filed Feb. 10, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheeo 4 Hity y a /6W /I.-J]Caufmainn Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

ALBERT J. KAUFMANN, OF NVE'LLSBORO,

PATENT OFFICE.

PEN'NSYLVANIA, ASSIG NOR '1O IP.'ET MILK GOM1ANY, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

.CAN-BODY ASSORTEB .AND PILER.

Applidation fi1ed Febru2uy 'lhis invention relates to an improvement in assorting and piling devics for receiving articles such as can bodies after the bodies 01 blanks have been made by the s litting 01 cutting machine, the primary ob ect 01 .the invention being 1.0r the purpose 0'f assortin g and piling the body blanks .after the body blankg have been discharged from the @utting rollers of the slitting machine.

Another object of .the invention is in providing -an improved device of this character With means whereby sonne 0f .the can body blanks upo:n bein g received are engaged and turned in such a manner during their discha rge from the cutting rollers of the elitting machine so that the body blanks Will finally lodge and face in the same manner 01 direction.

A further object of the invention is in providing adevice of this improved characte1 with rneans fonstacking the b0dy blanks in pilesso that they can be readily removed therefrom in their piled 01 stacked arrangements.

Other and fnrther objects will appear in 11110 specification and be specifica]ly pointed out in i1lh appended c'lairns, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. exemplifying t he invention, and in which:

Fignre 1 is a p1an view of .this improved can bbdy asso rtii1g and piling device.

Figure 2 is asidenlevation 0F Fig. 1 taken in the direetion nf the 111'170W 2 showin,q Lhc cuttin,q voller shafts 0tf the slitting mzicl1ine with xvh;iqh this i mproved device 1SO-QPG1F able in section.

Figmve 3 is a front elevation 0f Fig. 1,

F 'gure 1 is an enlarged cliagrafin1nabic vieW of 0119 of the body blank receiving sect ions, show-ing the discharge .of ehe body blank s th er eto.

Figure 5 is aver tical section showing a m etallic blank formed int o a can body and ready ff0 r the reception 01: the closing ends.

W ith :re-ference to the accompanying dnawings, 1 designate s a p o rtio n 01 ametal l-is ;shee s t r g' p S d ma hhm h .i.;n nwmr ble mi -o u in r le .2

10, 1923. Seria1 N0. 618,188.

and 3, the rollers 2 being provided with a. series of p airs of cntting edges 4, whereas the ro'llers 3 are provided with a series 0f pairs .of cutting edges 5, each pair 01 autting edges 4 beinp; cooperable with a respective pai-r of cutting edges 5 01 the roller 3.

Secured horizontall-y t0 the portion 1 01 the slitti-ng machine is a cross member 6, said member being f01' the support of a seri-es of receiving akutes 7 which are arranged incliningly downward frorn the slitfing machine as shown 11101e clearly in Fig. 2. n:nd for supporting1he lower arranged discharging ends of said chutes is a horizontall-y disposed c1oss -member 8 which is suppor@ed by upwardfly extending legs 9.

Each of the chu-te s 7 is coIn-pried of a box 1ike structure 10 havinga bottom 11, a vertically extend-ing side Wall 12 and an outwardly inclining side wv2111 13 which is disp osed opposite from :the side Wall 12 as shown more clearly in Fig. 4.

Secured 130 each 0f -the inclining Walls 13 cf each chute 7 is a defleoting member 14 having a curve portinn 15. said deflecting member being relatively short in length zmd disnosed adjacent 0ne en'd 01 the all 13, and extending downwnrdlv fmm tbe up ner anal 01' each Wall 112 025 eachnhute 7 is animclined deflectin,q ;member 16 said .deflectinq member 16 being onpositely dispo'sed rfrom the deflecting member 14 am] beinq sh0vmr in lengzth -thzu1 the Wall 12.

shown in Fig. 2, the chutes 7 i'11e dis posed 011 an incline in wh-ich the upper euds 17 of said chutes are acliacent the cutting 1tollers 2 and 3 und located below and adjacent fnhe lower end 18 01 each ahnte is a receiving hopper 19, nach hopper being rexnovably sup,ported between a respective pai1 of -guides 20. said guides being held in an inclined position by =the -supporting structure 21.

The cutting edges 4 and 5 of the respective ;rollers 2 and 3 a17e spaced apart and arranged so that a respective cutting; 4 will po qpgmtg wi i;h ar espective cutting eclge 5 so that when a 1netallla sheet is passed between the rollers, the sheet Will be cnt in strips, euch strip provicling acan body blank, anal in the operation 0f the spaaecl apart antting eclges 4 an l 5 body blanks will be f0rnned in the places markecl A und. B and the disaharge 01 the blanke A and B fron1 the places A and B Wlll be in respective chntes 7 ancl in which the clisaharge 01? all of the blanks 0f a sheet length Wlll be 1nncle in puirs into the respective chntes.

Upon the clischarge 0f the blanks in pai1s into the respeative chntes 7 the blank A will engage the inclinecl snrface of the deflecting member 14 ancl in the clownward travel thereof an seid snrface the blank Will travel aronncl the anrvecl portion 15 ot saicl me1nber 14 am]. assn1ne the approximate position shown nt A in Fig. 4 ancl f101n which position the blank will tencl to fall in the positi0n shown .nt C in. s tl fi":awe n.n n; be clepositecl 0n the botto1n 11 0f its respective chntes 7 und inasmnch 21s seid bottom 11 is inclinecl towarcls its respeative hopper 19 the blank Will finally be discharge l fro1n the bottom 11 of the ahnte 7 inro the hopper 19.

From an inspeation of Fig. 4: it Will be seen that the antting operation of the antting edges 4 ancl 5 formecl downwardly entsending bnrrs 22 0n eaah erlge 23 0'f the blank A whereas an npwarclly extencling bnrr 24 was formecl on each eclge 25 ofthe blank B, said eclges 23 ancl 25 0f the respective blanks forming the npper and lower ends 0f the can bocly t0 which the can top und bottom are snbseqnently secnrecl and in this connection it is essential that the bnrrs extencl inwardly as shown in Fig. 5 when the blank is subseqnently f0mnecl into a can body by the can bocly forn1ing machine. This invention is therafore designed for the pnrpose of receiving; the can b0cly blanks fron1 the slitting machine ancl piling the blanks in a 1nnnnar so tlmt the bn1rs 0f the blanks Will be tnrnecl in the same direction lnring tl1e piling operation.

Tha blank B npon belng clisclmrgml l10m between the rolle1rs 2 LI1Cl 3 sinmltanaonsly with the tlischarga 0'E tha blank A Wlll engage tha cleflecting 1nember 16 0f a raspea tive ahnte 7 an l assu1na the position shown nt B an(l inas1nnch .as thedefleating me1nher 16 is relatively short in length the blank B Will be clisaharged from the 1ne1nber 16 as it travels forwarclly ancl downwardly an l in falling from the 1nember 16 Will assnme the position C es clicl the blank A and engagu the incline bottom 11 0f its respeative chutes 7 fro1n where it Will be cli.saharged into its respectivehopper 19.

Dnring the operation ofthis improved clevice, as the respective hoppers 19 are filled with piled blanke, they are eaah removed fronn tha snpportina: strnatnra 21 ancl C211- rietl to the aan botly forming 1naahine.

i Vhat I alai1n is:

l. An assorting ZLI1Cl piling clevice for reaeiving artiales in pairs aomprising a path way f01 the clischarge of eaah artiale, ancl overtnrning means arranged in the path of discharge of one of the articles of eaah pair 0f artiales 2. A piling clevice adapted to receive articles which are disaharged in siclewise pairs thereto aomprising a reaeiving ahnte, and 1neans clisposed.in seid ahnte to be engaged by 0ne 01 the articles of each pair of a1ticles for mertnrning 0ne 01": the artiales.

3. A piling cleviae adaptecl to receive articles Whiah are clischargecl in siclewise pai1s thereto comprising a receiving ahnte, means disposed. in saicl ahnte to be engaged by 0ne 0f the artiales 01? each pair of articles for overtnrning one 0f the articles, anal other 1neens providecl in the ahnte whereby the articles are finally piled one npon another.

4-.. An assorting ancl piling clevice f0r artiales which are dischargecl in sidewise pairs along separate pathways aomprising an overtnrning element located in the pathway ot one 0f the articles for overtnrning one of the articles an l throwing it in the pathway 01 the other artiale.

5. An assorting 21I1(l piling device :f01' articles Whiah nre disahargecl in pairs along separate pathwnys comprising a receiving ahnte, 1neans arrangecl in the pathway of one 0E saitl urtiales :t'0r m erturning one 0f the artiales 0"i' tl1e pair 0'l' nrticles ns the nrticles zue baing disahargecl into seid ahnte, and other 1neans proviclecl in the chnte whereby the articles are finally piled one npon another.

6.. A receiving ahnte f0r receiving blanks :vtter being forrnecl and clischarged in siclewise pairs comprising a defiecting rne1nber anrangetl within seid ahnte an ona sida there- 0'l? and in the path 0f clischarge 0lfi e blank 0t each pair ot clischargecl blanks f'01" engaging one ol each pai1 of blanks a s they me clischnrgecl throngh seid ahnte, seid cleflacting n1embc1 a laptctl t0 ovexturn aach blank engagecl tha1'eby 7. A racaiving ahnte 'l01 1acaiving hlanks alter baing l'qmnetl and disalmrga l in sklawisa pnirs aomprising n (l(ll(jtlllg man1ber arrnnged within seid ahnte an 0ne si(la thera- 01 und in tha path of (lisaharga 0f a blank 0l eaah pai1r 01": disaharged blanks 1301 en gaging ona 0f nach pai1 of blanks as they :ute cliseharged throngh saicl ahnte, seid daflecting 1nember adapted to ovartnrn auch blank engaged thereby, an l 1neans providad :tor piling the blanks npon one another.

8. An assorting und piling clevice for artic1es which a1e received in pairs therein compr1sing a ahnte, a pai1 0f cleflecting members arranged in said ahnte eaah adapted t0 be angaged by a respeative artiala of eaah pair of artiales as they are disaharged in said ahnte, one of said dafleating members adapted t0 overturn eaah artiale engaged theraby.

9. A receiving ahnte through which artiales a1a passad in sidewise disposed pairs, said ahnte having a defieating member a1"- 1anged therein wherein it will be engaged by only one of eaah pair of disaharging artiales, anal means providad in said ahnte whereby 011a 0f the articlas Will fall direatly on the other artiale of eaah pair 0f artiales.

ALBERT J. KAUFMANN. 

